Thanks Spaz, for that as I could not remember which one of the carriers was left at the bitter end. IIRC, Sydney was used as the 'Vung Tau Ferry' for transporting troops and vehicles probably the RAAF and 191 Flt Hueys and Sioux and Turbo Porter
Then again didn't our remaining TDCs sorry carriers
still had ski jump post getting rid of JFH, so how can said ski jump impair rotary wing ops as some1s stated about the Canberra's design.
Though apart from the Italian Guiseppe Grimaldi and Spanish Principe de Astrias - the USN/USMC did not have ski jumps because the old Iwo Jima LHA were helicopter carriers and built in post WW2 period then the Tarawa class did not have ski jumps and they were built 70s/80s? The WASP class does not have them - magic question how did the Flying Leathernecks cope in the last 4 decades with Harrier launches?
Cheers